Oldboy was a comic book first. It's like saying Girl with a dragon tattoo is not a remake of Men who hate women or whatever the Swedish title for the film was because it was a book first.
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Red Band Trailer For Spike Lee's OLDBOY Remake
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Oldboy was a comic book first. It's like saying Girl with a dragon tattoo is not a remake of Men who hate women or whatever the Swedish title for the film was because it was a book first.
Miles Quaritch
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Couple of clips popped up online...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKICHlPr6tA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca7_uiwhX1A
Looks...eh. Doesn't seem to be a direct remake either, so I guess it's got that going for it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKICHlPr6tA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca7_uiwhX1A
Looks...eh. Doesn't seem to be a direct remake either, so I guess it's got that going for it.
that really doesn't look good
The comic book is significantly different to the Korean movie based on it.
Absolutely awful, hammy, cheesy, poorly put together, overly forced etc. Bad guy seems terrible. Que the obvious British thick stereo typically accented villain. The introduction of him in the bar, with his super skilled and strong, but absolutely slim super model like body guard was also silly, as was the general mood and editing. Why wasn't there music in the bar either? Just felt artificial, the whole thing.
.la1n
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I thought the trailers for this so far have been promising and I do think it has the chance of being a decent adaptation. These scenes though? Look really, really bad. Luckily they are just small snippets and don't necessarily reflect on the quality of the movie as a whole.
How so?
I'm asking you how it's awful.
Tim the Wiz
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People read 'Spike Lee' and then lose their minds.
Big Baybee
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Those clips looked fine to me.
Basically
meltingparappa
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Those clips were so much worse than I expected.
On the bright side, it's only a few more preview clips away from switching from "unwatchably god awful to "captivating train wreck."
On the bright side, it's only a few more preview clips away from switching from "unwatchably god awful to "captivating train wreck."
"God's Beard!"
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Wow those clips are super phoned in.
maquiladora
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The music is terrible. Feels completely wrong.
ThanksVision
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I'm a SOLDIER ADRIANA
I'll bite.
his old buddy is basically expositing with a calm, rational attitude despite the incredible, surreal situation.
the voice on the phone sounds like a monologue from a high school theater.
it is jar jar levels of distracting.
Haha, it's not like it's a trick question. If someone gives an opinion, I just expect that they'll be capable of explaining how they arrived at it.
Miles Quaritch
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Absolutely agree, they feel like something you'd expect to see from a student movie/Asylum productions...
I'm in for Ellie Olsen, but these clips have pretty much killed any interest in this movie. Everything in them just seems completely off, nib pretty much touches on everything I have issue with in these clips.
I concur. Just my two cents.
Foxy Fox 39
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I agree, but I wonder how hammy some of the lines from the original would seem if you knew Korean.
It's not even about the lines being hammy. It's that ridiculous acting. You can still very much tell when an actor is delivering a shite performance in a different language.
The acting in the original is pretty hammy to begin with though. But it can be excused as it's meant to be a heavily stylized revenge thriller.
Foxy Fox 39
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Overt bad acting most likely.
But if you're not privy to a culture/social norms, the cadence of a language and its natural vocabulary and delivery then its really hard to judge a line or lines simply based on, "Oh it sounds fine to me and he certainly looks emotional on screen ...". That's not really enough.
Its not impossible to know when you're watching something amazing, but I think it's a bit harder to watch a foreign film and be able to judge it with the same clarity you would a domestic film.
Discotheque
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Man sharlto copely is such a shit actor. Between this clip and Elysium just give him the damn razzie
I don't think he's the greatest guy or anything like that, but that stance is ludicrous to me...Spike Lee has a few classics films in his filmography.
vas_a_morir
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It's crucial to the film. I don't think it can be omitted.
This could almost warrant a new thread, but I figured this one should read about it first.
Sounds like test audiences had their way with Spike's film.
Sounds like test audiences had their way with Spike's film.
luckily I got to enjoy it in blissful ignorance.
Hmm? There was a re-shoot or something?
meltingparappa
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The film was never going to please everyone. Taking the balls out of it in desperation seems like it'll just made the potential audience even smaller.
It sounds like Spike's original cut was much more character focused, but that doesn't seem to be the case anymore. As the article points out, it's actually a good 15 minutes shorter than the original now.
Expendable.
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Talked to one person who said it's better than the original and another who said it's one of the worst films of the year. Interesting...
Neutrality
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Did the person who said it was better than the original see the original?
quite the split.
Expendable.
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Uh, yeah. They weren't major fans of it though.
Its not just this thread. To gaf all remakes are terrible, unnecessary, and or offensive.
Doesnt ruin the original and if anything opens up the possibility of a larger audience for the original. Especially for a movie from a market that most people aren't actively looking out for.
ZedIndyLil
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Just watched the original last night. It's really something. I actually think Spike Lee is a potentially good choice to do the remake. What's important to me is not so much the specific "twists", but capturing the tragedy and subverted approach to revenge that the original did so well. Like so much classic tragedy, the shocking stuff was a means to making a larger point. If the movie drops the larger point in order to make it a more Hollywoodized crowd-pleaser, then it would be a big disappointment.
fluffydelusions
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The current IMDB ratings don't sound too promising
Expendable.
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Expendable.
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Well, Brolin mentioned a 3-hour cut that he preferred...but that would never see theatrical release. So, yeah, I'm sure this cut has Lee's blessing but we'll see.
sixteen-bit
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I thought it's wasn't a remake of the movie
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